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The 146-page document, which was published on Tuesday, December 18, also sets out a proposal to make recycling more consistent across the country, tackle waste crime and put more pressure on companies to make products easier to recycle.

Another aspect of the strategy is to tighten up food-waste collection policies among local authorities, but Derbyshire Dales District Council has already agreed to retain its weekly caddy collections when the new contract begins in August 2020.

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Environment secretary Mr Gove said: "Our strategy sets out how we will go further and faster, to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

"Together we can move away from being a ‘throw-away’ society, to one that looks at waste as a valuable resource.

"We will cut our reliance on single-use plastics, end confusion over household recycling, tackle the problem of packaging by making polluters pay, and end the economic, environmental and moral scandal that is food waste.

"Through this plan we will cement our place as a world leader in resource efficiency, leaving our environment in a better state than we inherited it."

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The authority said that the current contract would cost £2.5 million a year if it was awarded under current market pressures, which would be "unaffordable". The council's total annual budget is around £35 million a year.

As a result, it put forward a series of potential changes, including changing to four-weekly waste pickups and a range of potential charges for garden waste pickups from £25 up to £55 per year.

After a record response to its consultation, with more than 2,600 people sharing their views, the authority voted to ditch the four-weekly proposals but councillors decided to push forward with chargeable fortnightly pickups for garden waste.

Details of the future waste contract were finalised at the meeting, so that it could send out a tender for companies to apply for.

It is understood that eight companies are currently being courted by the authority.